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Against the Wind Ranch Natural Beef was developed in response to an ever-increasing demand for a healthy, natural source of beef for private buyers. Our objective is to produce wholesome, great tasting beef from animals raised in natural and humane conditions. We raise our beef in our two locations: Clarksburg, MD and McDowell, VA.

Our beef has been "Certified Humane," which means that it: *Meets the Humane Farm Animal Care Program Standards, which include nutritious diet without antibiotics, or hormones, animals raised with shelter, resting areas, sufficient space and the ability to engage in natural behaviors. For more information on the Certified Humane Program, please visit: http://www.certifiedhumane.com/index.html

Our Standards:

• Beef is “Certified Humane"
• Feed is free of animal proteins
• No use of hormones or steroids
• Cattle are pasture raised and grass-fed
• No unnecessary antibiotics
• All beef is dry-aged for 14–21 days
• Beef is processed only at USDA Approved Facilities
• Cattle are raised by the Chaney family

Our beef can be ordered by the Whole Beef, Half Beef or Quarter Beef (split side) or in our NEW 20 Pound Natural Beef Sample Boxes. All beef is sold frozen and vacuum-sealed. We will provide handling instructions when you place your order. Beef can be ordered locally (MD & VA) or shipped anywhere in the U.S.

Against The Wind Ranch, Inc., John and Sarah Chaney, 24235 Burnt Hill Road, Clarksburg MD  20871. (540) 396-4751.
E-mail: againstthewind@att.net.
Website: http://www.againstthewindranch.com.

Bluebird Meadows is a supplier of pastured poultry products, including pastured broilers, turkeys, and eggs from pastured hens. "Our birds are raised like Joel Salatin's." Hogs and a limited supply of duck are available as well.

Bluebird Meadows, Lamar and Judy Gehman, 39922 Williams Farm LN, PO Box 166, Loveville MD 20656. (301) 475-5111.

C & J Farms, Inc. is located in lower Sussex county, five miles west of Seaford, Delaware, on the Maryland / Delaware border. We raise black angus cattle that are grass-fed and finished. We never feed grain or use growth hormones, antibiotics or implants. We raise our cows on rotated pastures. Our pastures are free of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides.

We are a family farm, committed to preserving our land and also raising healthy, quality beef for others, as well as ourselves. All of our beef is aged, vacuum packed and frozen. This insures that our beef maintains its best flavor and has a long storage life.

We offer beef by the sample pack (approx. 30 lbs.), by the 1/4, by the 1/2 or the whole.

We welcome calls and e-mail. Please do call before visiting.

C & J Farms, Inc., Carlton and Jody Jones, 3174 Woodland Ferry Road, Seaford DE 19973. (302) 629-8194.
E-mail: jojo17117@aol.com. 

The Ferguson Family Farm is family owned and operated. It is located in beautiful northern Baltimore County, only 30 minutes to Baltimore.  

The mission of the Ferguson Family Farm is to produce the most delicious yet highly nutritious foods for my family and yours. 
No growth hormones, growth stimulants, antibiotics, are fed to any of the animals. Instead, the animals are raised naturally, moved to fresh clean pasture daily and provided with clean fresh water and wholesome natural feeds. The results have been absolutely delicious. Products include: 

• Free range brown eggs;
• Meat chicken;
• Heritage Berkshire pork;
• Thanksgiving turkeys;
• Fresh Muskovy ducks.

Quantities of turkeys and ducks are limited—order early!

All Products are sold direct from the farm or at the Highland Town Farmers Market (located off Eastern Avenue on the corner of Conklin & Bank Street). Order by phone or e-mail.

Ferguson family Farm, Lynne Ferguson, 3443 Beckleyville Road, Parkton MD  21120. (410) 343-1236 or (443) 610-2636 (cell).
E-mail: lferguson@aol.com.

At Fox Hollow Farm, sharing our love of farming with our neighbors and guests is our passion. We offer lamb, goat (chevon) and eggs.

We strive daily to create a peaceful and harmonious environment that our friends, animals and plants can thrive in. Our farm is completely natural. We are not yet organic but we do not feed our animals growth hormones or feeds that are supplemented in any way. We love our animals so when they are sick we do treat them, but in the least invasive way possible. Vegetables and fruits grown on our farm are treated the same way. We create a healthy soil that the plants can thrive in without using pesticides.

Our goal is to create a farm where you can visit us and our animals and where you will have the opportunity to purchase fresh-from-the-farm healthy and tasty things to eat. We are USDA certified to sell our meats from the farm, and we also have a small farmers market that gathers several times during the week. Our meats are available anytime.

Please take a moment and view our website. We look forward to meeting with you.

Fox Hollow Farm, Stephanie Rohrer-Scuderi, 21804 Woodfield Road, Gaithersburg MD  20882. (301) 330-0165 or (301) 219-9629. E-mail: stephanie@foxhollowfarm.org. Website: http://foxhollowfarm.org.

At Good Fork Foods, we know our meat from beginning to end.

Lovingly raised by Julie Bolton of Groff's Content Farm in Rocky Ridge, Maryland, or similar farms in southeastern Pennsylvania, our meat is organically raised, local and grass-fed and finished resulting in tasty, lean meat. No hormones or antibiotics are used.

Transported for less than an hour and a half, the animals are slaughtered, butchered and USDA inspected at George Ruppersberger and Sons in Baltimore.

A typical box of lamb contains 7-9 pounds. A typical box of beef contains 23-25 pounds. Boxes consist of a variety of mixed cuts which are frozen and wrapped for freezer storage. Cuts are individually wrapped, labeled and marked with weights.

Lamb boxes include: leg roast, loin chops, shanks and ground lamb. (Some boxes may also contain: lamb breast, shoulder roast, rib chops and stew meat.)

Beef boxes include a mix of the following cuts: porterhouse steaks, t-bone steaks, sirloin steaks & tips, round steaks & roasts, rump roast, flank steak, ground beef and stew meat. (Some boxes may also
contain: shoulder steak & roast, chuck steak & roast, ribeye steak, brisket, french roast, breast deckel, short rib & prime rib.)

Good Fork Foods, Devora Kimelman-Block, 7981 Eastern Avenue, #216, Silver Spring, MD  20910. (917) 864-7965.
E-mail: devora@kolfoods.com.
Website: http://www.kolfoods.com/goodforkfoods

Hedgeapple Farm offers natural, grass-finished Angus beef year-round through their on-farm market. Beef is available by individual cut as well as in 50 lb boxed assortments.

Quality carcasses result from careful genetic selection, nutrition, and caring animal management. All animals are born and raised on the farm. No growth implants used or antibiotics fed. All animals are raised in conditions and using practices recommended by the American Humane Association and under the national animal care guidelines.

Hedgeapple Farm is part of the Jorgensen Family Foundation, a tax-exempt beef research and education foundation, operated for the benefit of Maryland Beef Producers. The farm is located within the quaint Federal Historic District of Buckeystown. The farm lies along the west bank of the Monocacy River and is fully established in grass. The farm prides itself in using innovative water and soil conservation and land stewardship practices. Visitors are always welcome! Market hours vary so please visit the website.

Hedgeapple Farm, Ryan Barst Farm Manger, 3735 Buckeystown Pike, PO Box 237, Buckeystown MD  21717. (301) 662-7638.
E-mail: sbarao@hedgeapplefarm.com
Website: http://www.hedgeapplefarm.com

Holterholm Farms produces pasture-finished beef from Jersey and Jersey/Angus crosses. The cattle are fed some grain until they reach 300 pounds, then they receive no more grain until slaughter. Kelp is given as a natural mineral source. No antibiotics or hormones are used.

The beef is available in November and December in whole carcasses, halves, split halves, and quarters.

Holterholm Farms, Ron and Kathy Holter, 5619A Holter Road, Jefferson MD 21755-8508. (301) 371-4255.
E-mail: rwholter@aol.com

Jehovah-Jireh Farm is Washington DC Metro area’s local source for delicious, pasture-raised chickens, turkeys, lamb and beef, and fresh brown eggs rich in omega-3s. In addition to pasture, the poultry are fed certified organic feed. We do not use antibiotics, chemical wormers, hormones, vaccines, synthetic vitamins, etc.

We are a pasture based, sustainable, family operated farm nestled in the beautiful, peaceful Monocacy Natural Resource Management Area in southeast Frederick County Maryland next to the Montgomery County line, near Sugarloaf Mountain. We are approximately one hour from Baltimore, Washington DC, and Northern Virginia; and 30 minutes from Gaithersburg, Frederick, and Leesburg.

As stewards of the earth, we see our responsibility to utilize the resources of the soil, using organic methods that produce the most healthy meat and eggs and at the same time improves the soil for future generations. We view our role in providing nutrient dense, healthy pasture raised meats and eggs as an important part of your health care, just as important as the service of your doctor in caring for your needs when you are sick. Our goal is to provide food to help you stay as strong and healthy as you can, so you need the doctor less.

Jehovah-Jireh Farm, Myron and Cathy Horst, 7033 Ed Sears Road, Dickerson MD 20842. (301) 874-6181
E-mail: mhorst@jehovahjirehfarm.com
Website: http://www.jehovahjirehfarm.com

Kookaburra Farm – Grass Fed Beef.

Kookaburra Farm began as a small market vegetable and grass fed lamb operation in the hills of New England in 1998. It has matured into a multi-generational family farm in the Susquehanna Valley of Pennsylvania. We sell beef at our farm and  deliver to buying groups in local PA and MD counties. 

We strive to offer a 100% grass fed, nutrient dense product raised on organically managed (but not certified) pastures, stored forages, minerals and well water. The key to our management system is minimizing stress in every aspect of our animal's lives. 

Our cattle are processed at a family run USDA facility where they are dry aged, cryovac sealed, and blast frozen. We strive to finish mature, well fattened animals. Our ground beef is a 75-25 blend that brings a juicy, flavorful eating experience full of the good fats that grass fed beef has to offer. We sell 40lb. 'Family Packs' that consist of 50% ground beef – 50% steaks and roasts. We also sell our ground beef and other excellent cuts separate from our Family Packs. Please email for a price list.  

Kookaburra Farm, Matt Rulevich, 11844 Gum Tree Road, Brogue, PA
17309. (717) 927-6654. E-mail: kookaburrafarm@hughes.net.

Lovell Cattle Company offers Angus grass fed beef on organic pastures certified by the state of Maryland. We are located in the beautiful rolling hills of Carroll County, Maryland within view of the Catoctin Mountains. Our farm is a family farm, and our office is located in a historic log house. Our land has been certified organic since 1998.

All of our animals are born and raised on the farm, and we use no hormones or steroids. We practice Management Intensive Grazing on our 330 acres, which allows for successive grazing on smaller pastures. Our cattle are 100% free range, and we rotate them frequently, a procedure that promotes better weight gain and a healthier environment.

Grass fed beef offers many benefits that include being low in fat, high in Omega 3’s and high in CLA. We welcome you to visit our farm, or you may place an order by phone, email or fax. We sell by the whole or half from the farm. We can recommend a processor and provide delivery for a fee. Selection is available twice a year. Please call or email us.

Lowell Cattle Company, 3915 Bark Hill Road, Union Bridge MD  21791. (504) 525-0208; fax: (504) 568-9187. E-mail: jlovelljr@aol.com.

Mountain Valley Acres is located in southern Washington County, MD approximately six miles from Harpers Ferry, W.VA, in the tranquil countryside of Pleasant Valley.

We offer Cornish Cross broilers that are pastured in a portable shelter and moved every day for fresh grazing. The chickens are processed as whole birds, cleaned and bagged, ready to be picked up the same day fresh, or next day fresh frozen.

Our birds average 5 pounds. The price for whole birds is $14 each, or $17 each for cut-up birds. (Heavy roasters, minimum of 5, are available with special order.) We require a deposit of $2.00 per bird, with a minimum of $10.00 per order.

We also offer pork. Our pigs are fed a diet of whole grains, grass, and produce, and are free from hormones, steroids and soy. They are fed to a live weight of 250-280 pounds, then sent to a small family-owned, USDA inspected butcher shop. The meat is vacuum packed to ensure quality and can be kept in the freezer for up to one year.

We offer whole pigs at a price of $2.75/lb. based on hanging weight and halves at $3.10/lb. based on hanging weight. We require a deposit, with your order, of $50.00 for a whole pig or $25.00 for a half.

Mountain Valley Acres, Darel or Melisa Myers, 2216 Rohrersville Road, Knoxville MD  21758. (301) 432-5841.
E-mail: dmmyers.4@juno.com.

Nick's Organic Farm raises tender delicious angus grassfed beef, pastured chicken and turkey, and free range eggs. Our certified organic herd grazes in the fertile Frederick Valley. Since 1979, we have been committed to quality organic products and constant improvement in our farming methods. We constantly conduct on-farm research with federal, state and non-profit agencies to refine our organic practices. We cooperate with USDA's Agricultural Research Service to improve our crops and pastures and to breed and manage our herd organically so that it has maximum natural resistance to disease without the use of synthetic chemicals. We also participated in a university study documenting the nutritional advantages of grassfed beef.

Our organic beef are never fed grain, hormones or antibiotics. Our herd and flocks are moved frequently to fresh new pasture under a management intensive grazing system. We sell beef by the whole, half, quarter, eighth, and smaller quantities. An eighth will fit into the freezer compartment of a refrigerator, and many of our customers split an order with family or friends. Our beef is dry aged over two weeks, and it is cut and frozen in a USDA inspected small family owned facility. Our turkeys and chickens are fed organic grain grown on our farm and graze on our organic pastures, and receive no hormones or antibiotics. Our certified organic poultry is processed on our farm.

Available at our processor or from our farms in Buckeystown or Potomac, MD, our beef, poultry and eggs are convenient to Washington-Baltimore, Northern Virginia, and Frederick-Hagerstown customers. 

Inquire about our Farm Tour days and about apprenticeship opportunities.  We also sell organic poultry feeds, grains, and hay.

Nick's Organic Farm, Nick Maravell, 8565 Horseshoe Lane, Potomac MD 20854 (301) 983-2167 (main office), 2733 Buckeystown Pike, Adamstown MD 21710 (301) 874-4854.
E-mail: nickmaravell@comcast.net

Pure Indian Foods is a small family-owned business that takes pride in making an exceptional quality Ghee from Grass-Fed cows.  Ghee is butter with the milk solids removed. Our family has been in this business in Northern India for 5 generations, since 1889.  We make our ghee fresh, with care, in small batches, right here in the USA. We use Grass-Fed, USDA-certified Organic butter for making our ghee, and we are in the process of applying for Organic certification.

Ghee has been used for its health-giving and healing properties for thousands of years.  In Ayurveda (the “science of life”), cow ghee is considered one of the most sacred foods.

Ghee is the best cooking oil as it is stable at higher temperatures, and it enhances the flavor of spices and herbs. Ghee is free of casein and lactose and is suitable for people who are allergic to dairy products. It keeps skin soft, and has anti-aging properties. Ghee contains naturally occurring CLA, Omega-3, Vitamins A, D, E & K2. It is free of harmful trans-fats.

Ghee is shelf-stable and we ship worldwide by USPS, UPS, FedEx or DHL.  We offer special discounts to co-ops and buying clubs.

Pure Indian Foods, Sandeep and Nalini Agarwal, 3 Richards Road, Lawrenceville NJ  08648. (877) LUV-GHEE (588-4433).
E-mail: eatwild@pureindianfoods.com.
Website: http://www.pureindianfoods.com.

Ruth Ann's Garden Style Beef is produced on a 140-acre "all-grass" farm about an hour from Washington, DC and Baltimore and 20 minutes northwest of Frederick, Maryland. We are the third generation to manage the farm, which has been in the family since 1938.

We practice management intensive grazing, a pasture system that utilizes multiple smaller pastures with frequent animals movements. This allows better weight gain and is more environmentally friendly, resulting in a much healthier and nutritious pasture.

Ruth Ann's Garden Style Beef is:

• Naturally fattened, dry-aged beef grown on a succulent "garden" of grasses, legumes, and forbes
• Healthy, tender grass-fed beef
• Tasty, with a bold, robust flavor
• Free from added hormones or antibiotics
• High in Omega 3 fatty acids
• High in CLA
• USDA inspected
• Aged for 3 weeks to promote tenderness (beef in grocery stores is not aged)
• Sold in bulk packages as well as individual cuts, ground beef, and patties

Ruth Ann's Garden Style Beef, Ruth Ann and Steve Derrenbacher, 11051 Renner Road, Woodsboro MD 21798. (301) 898-7006 (Home and Fax). E-mail: gardenstylebeef@msn.com

Shagbark Mountain Cattle is two farms located in Circleville and Petersburg, WV. We raise Black Angus and Simental cattle on over 200 acres of clover, broome and orchard grass—naturally without hormones or chemical fertilizers. Our mountain cattle are raised from birth to processing on our farm. We market our grass-fed beef from our office in Maryland, across the river from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

Our meat is processed in a small family-run butcher shop that has been in business since the 1800s. The meat is USDA inspected and vacuum packed for freshness and freezer life. Paper wrapped is available upon request.

We offer whole beef at $3.00/lb., half-beef at $3.25/lb., and one-quarter beef (split-side) at $3.75/lb, based on hanging weight, cut to your specifications. This price includes processing. E-mail us for order form. Limited supply available year round.

We are now offering pastured lamb. We have a flock of St. Croix hair sheep that have lambed and are now available either live or processed. Processed lamb is $5.50/lb. based on hanging weight. Please call or e-mail us with any questions or for more information.

Shagbark Mountain Cattle, John or Laura Sexton, 2725 Kaetzel Road, Knoxville MD 21758. (301) 834-9808.
E-mail: pvplumbing@truevine.net.

Wagon Wheel Ranch raises beef, lamb, pork, goat, and eggs free range on our pastures. We do not use antibiotics or hormones.

Our pigs are raised in a wooded area with a connected pasture where they eat weeds and grass, which give the meat a better flavor. They are supplemented with some pig feed and raw peanuts. The oil from the peanuts gives the meat that famous Virginia ham taste. Because our pigs roam free they produce lean pork.

Our sheep and goats only eat pasture and hay in the winter. The sheep are hair sheep that shed their wool so no shearing is necessary. Hair sheep are naturally parasite resistant and do not require frequent drenching.

Our laying flock roam the farm during the day and return to the barn at night for protection from predators. Their diet consists of ground corn and bugs/insects, the diet Nature intended so that they would have the necessary oil to produce eggs. Commercial egg laying operations that confine their chickens use old restaurant grease as a cheap source of oil. This makes the eggs high in the bad cholesterol. In the winter we feed sunflower seeds as their source for oil.

We raise small frame herefords and black angus. The beef industry has bred to produce bigger cows that do not efficiently convert grass to meat. Our cows are easy on their environment, and are only fed hay in addition to pasture grass. Our cuts of beef tend to be smaller than what is sold in the stores, but there is less fat.

In the summer months all our animals have free access to organic kelp and remond salt; in the winter months the animals have access to minerals.

Wagon Wheel Ranch is located in Mt. Airy, Maryland, an hour north of Washington DC, 45 minutes west of Baltimore, 20 minutes northwest of Columbia, and 15 minutes east of Frederick.

Wagon Wheel Ranch, Brian Schiner, 661 West Watersville Road, Mt. Airy MD  21771. (443) 271-6850. E-mail: bschiner@aol.com.
Website: http://www.wagonwheelranch.org.

West Wind Farm produces grass-finished MOUNTAIN PASTURED BEEF. Our beautiful mountain farm is located near Grassy Meadows in Greenbrier County, WV. We market our beef in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. (See website for more inforrmation about delivery locations.)

Our Black Angus steers are finished for 5–6 months on our farm's rich grass and clover pastures, supplemented only with a natural kelp mineral mix. We feed no hormones, antibiotics, steroids, animal byproducts, GM feeds, or grain. We lead the animals to fresh pastures every one to three days. We do not send them to feedlots. Our steers are processed by a respected, family-owned, custom slaughterhouse in Lewisberg, WV. We believe in managing our animals gently and our pastures organically, for the optimum health of our environment, our animals, and our consumers.

In winter and spring, MOUNTAIN PASTURED BEEF is available in 10–12 lb. mixed-cut sampler packets and/or 2-pound (8 patties) hamburger packs. In summer we invite advance orders for custom-butchered halves or split halves (quarters) for fall delivery. All our meat is USDA inspected, aged for at least 2 weeks, and flash frozen.

For ordering details, see our West Wind Farm website: http://www.westwindfarm.biz or contact Martha Holdridge:
E-mail martha@holdridge.org; telephone (301) 229-2813.

Whitmore Farm specializes in pasture-raised, heritage breed chickens, turkeys, sheep and goats. Our animals spend their time on pasture and produce high-quality products which can be bought on-farm and at farmers markets in the Metropolitan D.C./Baltimore area.

We also take special orders for lamb, eggs, chevon and vegetables in the spring, summer and fall.

Many of our products are certified-organic by the Maryland Department of Agriculture, and we feel our animals are treated very humanely.

Pasture-raised animals have better flavor, are more nutritious, and are better for you and our environment.

We encourage farm visits and look forward to seeing you soon!

Whitmore Farm, Will Morrow, 10720 Dern Road, Emmitsburg MD 21727. (301) 447-3611. E-mail: info@whitmorefarm.com.
Website: http://www.whitmorefarm.com.